About modern journalism

The blogosphere is where this farcical handling of science outreach
collided viciously with reality. What's remarkable is that it was
only at this stage that the checks and balances that ought to have
prevented things going this far finally came into play, and when
they did it was like watching a blob of cream cheese hit a metal
grater at five million miles per hour.

The quality, accuracy and context of material available on leading
blogs exceeded that of much of mainstream media reporting by light
years. ...